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Show Page 62 resulted from political misjudgments and a certain naivete in financial matters. In any case he moved his wife and baby back to 29 Henderson, New York, as soon as practicable. Orson worked six weeks on the harvest, presumably for his wife's family, but left Henderson in October "with an intention of laboring in the vineyard." Farm and missionary labor had apparently soothed his misgivings about Joseph Smith's leadership, as he was sustained again to the Quorum of Apostles in September - Boynton and Johnson, who had faltered more grievously, were dropped. Orson's crisis of belief found salving in what he called the "F.P.G.," the first principles of the 30 gospel. He preached through New York that fall only faith, repentance, baptism, and the gifts; the centrality of principle overcame personality in a resolution and subsequent avoidance of conflict. During this healing month Orson found himself under attack - boys pitched stones at him, young men hallooed, cursed and swore at his sermons. He faced the inevitable but always frustrating textual arguments, debating the "necessity" of this or that, the question of proof always foundering on the question of interpretation. "But we passed on as though we heeded them not," Orson comments, having learned once again the serenity of 31 principle in the face of misunderstanding. After wintering in Henderson, Orson responded to a call to New York City. Parley had worked months to built up a branch in the metropolis, publishing a tract, "Voice of Warning," and preaching among the Free Thinkers of Tammany Hall. Orson fell heir to this presidency when Parley felt impelled to emigrate to Missouri in April of 1838. New York City was not the most fruitful of mission fields; as Parley wrote, "Of all the places in which the English language is spoken, I found the City of New York to be the most difficult as to access to the minds or attentions 32 of Stte people." A few\months after Orson's arrival, however, he saw |